Danish Kaneria Shahid Afridi allegations are the new controversy that broke out on the internet. Danish Kaneria is a former Pakistan cricket team player and is famous as the highest wicket-taking spinner in Test matches. With 261 scalps, Kaneria is the 4th highest wicket-taker after Wasim Akram Waqar Younas and Imran Khan among Pakistani players.
Danish Kaneria played for Pakistan from 2000 to 2010. He had played 61 Test matches for Pakistan and is the second Hindu selected for the Pakistan cricket team after Anil Dalpat. Kaneria and Afridi were long-time teammates and shared the same dressing room.
However, recently Kaneria made some serious allegations about Shahid Afridi, responding to a post on X. He states, “He has consistently aligned himself with extremist views. In my opinion, he should not be given a platform on Indian television or within the country. Moreover, he tried to persuade me to convert in Islam and decline to share a meal with me, which I found deeply disrespectful.”
Earlier, Kaneria alleged that he encountered huge discrimination in Pakistan and destroyed his career. He also commented that he did not get equal values and respect in Pakistan. On Wednesday, he also participated in the congressional briefing on the “ plight of minorities in Pakistan.” On the sideline of the event, Kaneria said to ANI, “Today, we all gathered here and expressed how we all faced discrimination and raised our voices. I also faced discrimination and my career was destroyed.
Additionally, he said, “I did not get equal values and respect in Pakistan. All the people who came here spoke against discrimination and about how Pakistan treated them. So the main aim was to spread awareness among everyone, especially us, on how people suffer and the problems that exist in Pakistan and take action against it.”
